China’s thorium reactor aims to fuse power and parity - Asia Times
“… The Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics announced that its two megawatt experimental reactor in Gansu province achieved the first-ever thorium-to-uranium fuel conversion, proving the feasibility of using thorium — a safer, more abundant and non-proliferation-risk element — in molten salt systems.
Meanwhile, Jiangnan Shipbuilding’s Hu Keyi revealed that the upcoming thorium-powered ship will use a 200 megawatt reactor driving a supercritical CO₂ Brayton-cycle generator to produce 50 megawatts of electricity, enough for years of continuous operation without refueling.
The sealed, modular reactor operates at atmospheric pressure, eliminating explosion risk, and incorporates passive safety systems that prevent meltdowns by solidifying molten fuel in emergencies. …”
One has to admire the Chinese ability to upset the assembled grifters at COP30. Not only are they pushing nuclear power, they are using Evil CO2 to do it!
Sad thing is that I can almost remember the days when technological advances like these were coming from the US. Remember the Savannah (1959). Those were the days!